NRAS gene mutation detection kit

ABSTRACT

This invention relates to a kit for detecting NRAS gene mutation, and this kit can be used to detect cancer-related NRAS gene mutation. The said kit comprises: (1) the internal reference detection reagent, which includes the internal reference gene specific primers, internal reference gene specific probes and dNTP solution; (2) the NRAS mutation detection reagent, which includes the NRAS gene mutant type specific primers, NRAS gene mutant type specific probes, internal control gene specific primers, internal control gene specific probes and dNTP solution; (3) the Taq DNA polymerase; and (4) the NRAS positive quality control.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This invention relates to gene mutation detection. Specifically, thisinvention relates to a kit for detecting NRAS gene mutation, and thiskit can be used to detect cancer-related NRAS gene mutation.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The Ras gene is a protooncogene, first obtained by cloning from Harvey,Kirsten rat sarcoma, referred to as HRas and KRas^([1]). Later, anothersimilar gene was found when the human neuroblastoma DNA infected theNIH3T3 cell, and it was called NRas, and the three are the mostimportant members of the Ras gene family^([2]). In function, the Rasprotein plays the role as a molecular switch, and can regulate thegrowth of cells under normal expression. Abnormal conditions such aspoint mutation, overexpression or gene translocation can lead toabnormal proliferation of cells, and finally result in the formation oftumor. Ras mutation exists in over 30% of human tumors^([3, 4]).Presently, the most deeply researched is KRas, and its overexpressionand mutation generally occur in many cancers such as thyroid cancer,breast cancer, and among the North American pulmonary granule cancerpatients, the mutation rate is as high as 25%. Also, KRas is related toTKI resistance, therefore it has become the molecular mark in thediagnosis and treatment of many tumors, playing an important clinicalrole^([5, 6]). As another member of the Ras family, NRas has manysimilarities to KRas in both structure and function, and with thedeepening of researches in recent years, it has gradually become anothermolecular indicator serves as an important basis for clinical diseaseevaluation and treatment besides the KRas.

The NRas gene locates on the short arm of human Chromosome 1 (1p22-p32),encodes p21 protein having 189 amino acids^([7]). The NRas proteins hasa homology as high as 85% with other proteins in the Ras family, andthese highly conservative structure domains include those playing anextremely important role in the function of protein, such as the bindingdomain of the guanosine triphosphate (GTP) and the effector molecules,and the CAAX sequence motif that positions the NRas protein on thefarnesyl transferase acting site—C end on the plasmalemma^([8, 9]).Therefore, functionally, NRas also has many common features of the RASfamily proteins: it locates on the inside of the cell membrane, and is aG protein of low molecular weight, with very strong affinity to guanylicacid, and having GTPase activity; it has two conformations of GTPbinding (Ras.GTP) and GDP binding (Ras.GDP), and interconversion cantake place of the two under certain conditions; the Ras protein is inthe inactivated state when binds with GDP, and in the activated statewhen binds with GTP, such that it activates the downstream signalpathway, so it plays an extremely important switching role in the signaltransduction^([10, 11]). The downstream signal pathway activated by NRasis now the RAS signal pathway having been most clearly researchedcurrently: the PTK (protein tyrosine kinase)-Grb2 (growth factorreceptor-bound protein2)-Ras-Raf-MAPK (mitogen activated proteinkinase)-ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinase) pathway^([12]). Whenexogenous stimulus such as growth factor (EGF) is bound with cellmembrane receptor (EGFR), so that the corresponding tyrosine kinase onthe receptor is phosphorylated, the phosphorylated tyrosine residue,after binding with the SH2 zone of Grb2, recruits the ornithine exchangefactor (SOS) to bind with the SH3 zone of Grb2, to form the complexGrb2-SOS, and this complex binds with Ras and converts Ras-GDP intoRas-GTP, thus activating the Ras. The activated Ras then activates thedownstream Raf kinase, the Raf kinase phosphorylates MAPK, the MAPKactivates the ERK. After the ERK is activated, it transfers to insidethe cell nucleus, directly activating various transcription factors ofc-myc, so as to participate in various physiological processes such ascell growth, development, division and differentiation^([13]). Mutationof NRas can lead to abnormal activation of the downstream Raf and MAPKetc., thus playing an important role in the tumor malignance^([14]).

Mutation of Ras protein mainly occurs on Codons 12, 13, 59 and 61, andthe mutation probability is the highest on Codons 12 and 61^([15]). Themutation is of different types in different cancers. In non-small celllung cancer, the main mutation is the guanine in Codon 12 is replaced bythymine, while in colon cancer, at the same position, mainly the guanineis replaced by adenine^([16]). NRas mutation mainly occurs at Codon 61,with high probability in melanoma. Thoams et al used the “mutation” and“melanoma” as key words to retrieve and analyze articles published inthe pubmed during 1966-2006, and found a NRas mutation rate as high as28% in surface diffused and nodositas melanoma^([17]). Vikas et al found10 cases of NRas mutation (17%, 10/16) in 60 cases of primary melanoma,and all mutations occur at Codon 61^([18]). It is worth our highattention that in recent years, NRas has been confirmed as the drivergene of lung cancer. Kris et al published on ASCO in 2011 a researchfrom LCMC (NCI's Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium), in which the 10driver genes including KRas, EGFR and NRas etc. in 1000 pulmonarygranule cancer tissue specimens were tested. All patients were of phasesIIIb/IV, with sufficient tissue specimens. The research included 830patients, 60% patients had driver gene mutation, and the mutation rateof NRas was 0.2%^([19, 20]).

As the effect of Ras mutation on tumors is mostly concentrated on theRas/Raf/MEK/ERK pathway, therefore today, the targeted antitumor drugsagainst Ras mutation are concentrated on the targeted intervention atdifferent nodes in this signal pathway. The developed drugs include thefarnesyl transferase inhibitors (FTIs) that intervene with the Rasmembrane binding and lypolyzation, such as tipifarnib^([21]), ATPindirect competitor sorafenib for activation of Raf^([22, 23]), andCI-1040 and AZD6244 for MEK targeted intervention, and the latter havealready been used in clinical test^([24]). As ERK is the only substrateof MEK known today, and it is usually described as the single pathwaydownstream the Ras, therefore it is generally believed that inhibitionsolely at the MEK target point is equal to blocking the ERK activationcaused by the mutated Ras, and it can also avoid the effect of invalidtargeting caused by the interference from other pathways^([9]).

It should be particularly pointed out that, the latest researches haveindicated that the NRas mutation is related to the TKI resistance in thetreatment of lung cancer. Compared with the gefitinib sensitive PC-9cell (PC-9/WT), no EGFR-TKIs resistance gene such as KRas and HER2 weredetected in PC-9 cell (PC-9/gef) where gefitinib resistance wasproduced, but NRas mutation at Codon 61 was found. Moreover, in thecondition that an administration of gefitinib or AZD6244/CI1040 onlycould not make cell apoptosis, the combined use of both drugs caneffectively promote cell apoptosis^([25]). These experimental resultshave indicated that NRas mutation may play an important role in the TKIresistance in lung cancer treatment, and this has provided new basis andpossibility for the detection and treatment of lung cancer.

In general, more and more evidences have shown that NRas mutation hasimportant significance in the occurrence and development of many humantumors such as melanoma and lung cancer. The detection of its mutationenables accurately prediction of the effectiveness of the correspondingtargeted drug treatment, so as to facilitate clinical selection ofdrugs, effectively improve treatment results and provide the maximumbenefit to patients; in the meanwhile, it can also avoid medical expenseburden on patients and waste of public medical resources resulted fromunreasonable application of drugs, and reduce unnecessary loss of timeand money losses.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In this invention, the kit for detecting has been designed for thefollowing detection sites:

TABLE 1 Mutation detection sites gene mutation mutated mutated amino No.IR gene ACTB position base acid NM1 NRAS Codon 12  34G > A G12S NM2 NRASCodon 12  35G > A G12D NM3 NRAS Codon 13  38G > A G13D NM4 NRAS Codon 61181C > A Q61K NM5 NRAS Codon 61 182A > T Q61L NM6 NRAS Codon 61 182A > GQ61R NM7 NRAS Codon 61 183A > T Q61H

Specifically, the present invention relates to a kit for detecting NRASgene mutation, comprising:

(1) internal reference detection reagent, which includes the internalreference gene specific primers, internal reference gene specific probesand dNTP solution;

(2) NRAS mutation detection reagent, which includes the NRAS gene mutanttype specific primers, NRAS gene mutant type specific probes, internalcontrol gene specific primers, internal control gene specific probes anddNTP solution;

(3) Taq DNA polymerase; and

(4) NRAS positive quality control (PC), which includes the internalreference gene, NRAS gene mutant type and internal control genefragments.

More specifically, in the above-mentioned kit, internal reference genespecific primers in the said internal reference detection reagent areSEQ ID No: 1 and SEQ ID No: 2; in the said internal reference detectionreagent, the IR gene specific probe is SEQ ID No: 16; the NRAS genemutant type in the said NRAS mutation detection reagent is NM1, i.e.NRAS gene 12 codon 34G>A; NM2, i.e. NRAS gene 12 codon 35G>A; NM3, i.e.NRAS gene 13 codon 38G>A; NM4, i.e. NRAS gene 61 codon 181C>A; NM5, i.e.NRAS gene 61 codon 182A>T; NM6, i.e. NRAS gene 61 codon 182A>G; or NM7,i.e. NRAS gene 61 codon 183A>T. The reagent kit of this invention can beused to detect at least one mutation of NM1, NM2, NM3, NM4, NM5, NM6 andNM7.

In the said NRAS mutation detection reagent, the NRAS gene mutant typespecific primers are as follows: for NM1 mutation the primers are SEQ IDNo: 5 and SEQ ID No: 8; for NM2 mutation the primers are SEQ ID No: 6and SEQ ID No: 8; for NM3 mutation the primers are SEQ ID No: 7 and SEQID No: 8; for NM4 mutation the primers are SEQ ID No: 9 and SEQ ID No:13; for NM5 mutation the primers are SEQ ID No: 10 and SEQ ID No: 13;for NM6 mutation the primers are SEQ ID No: 11 and SEQ ID No: 13; forNM7 mutation the primers are SEQ ID No: 12 and SEQ ID No: 13; in thesaid NRAS mutation detection reagent the NRAS gene mutant type specificprobes are selected from SEQ ID No: 14 or SEQ ID No: 15; in the saidNRAS mutation detection reagent the internal control gene specificprimers are SEQ ID No: 3 and SEQ ID No: 4; in the said NRAS mutationdetection reagent the internal control gene specific probe is SEQ ID No:17; the end concentration of the said dNTP solution is 400 μM; the saidIR gene sequence is SEQ ID No: 18; the said internal control genesequence is SEQ ID No: 19; and the sequence of said NRAS gene is SEQ IDNo: 20 or SEQ ID No: 21.

DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES

FIG. 1 shows the result of NM1 mutation detection, in which the contentof the wild type genome DNA is 20 ng/μl, the content of mutant genomeDNA is 10 ng/μl, and respectively contains 10, 5, 1, 0.5% mutation.

FIG. 2 shows the result of NM2 mutation detection, in which the contentof the wild type genome DNA is 20 ng/μl, the content of mutant genomeDNA is 10 ng/μl, and respectively contains 10, 5, 1, 0.5% mutation.

FIG. 3 shows the result of NM3 mutation detection, in which the contentof the wild type genome DNA is 20 ng/μl, the content of mutant genomeDNA is 10 ng/μl, and respectively contains 10, 5, 1, 0.5% mutation.

FIG. 4 shows the result of NM4 mutation detection, in which the contentof the wild type genome DNA is 20 ng/μl, the content of mutant genomeDNA is 10 ng/μl, and respectively contains 10, 5, 1, 0.5% mutation.

FIG. 5 shows the result of NM5 mutation detection, in which the contentof the wild type genome DNA is 20 ng/μl, the content of mutant genomeDNA is 10 ng/μl, and respectively contains 10, 5, 1, 0.5% mutation.

FIG. 6 shows the result of NM6 mutation detection, in which the contentof the wild type genome DNA is 20 ng/μl, the content of mutant genomeDNA is 10 ng/μl, and respectively contains 10, 5, 1, 0.5% mutation.

FIG. 7 shows the result of NM7 mutation detection, in which the contentof the wild type genome DNA is 20 ng/μl, the content of mutant genomeDNA is 10 ng/μl, and respectively contains 10, 5, 1, 0.5% mutation.

EXAMPLES 1. Experiment Method

The real-time fluorescent PCR technology was adopted. The ARMS(amplification refractory mutation system) method was used to detectgene mutation. That is, gene mutation was detected by using primers 3′end to identify mutation, in conjunction with the TaqMan probehydrolysis luminescence.

The kit includes the internal reference (IR) detection and internalcontrol (IC) detection. The IR gene is a housekeeping gene differentfrom the NRAS gene to be tested. By detecting the amplification of theIR gene (FAM channel), analysis can be made whether the DNA to be testedcan be normally amplified, so as to exclude causes of PCR detectionfailure such as poor DNA purity and concentration, or containing PCRinhibitor. In this kit, the IC detection system is also provided in thedetection systems for various mutation types of NRAS gene. The twosystems react in the same PCR tube at the same time. The IC gene is alsoa housekeeping gene different from the NRAS gene to be tested. The probeidentifying the NRAS gene mutant template was modified with a FAMfluorescent radical, and the probe identifying the IC gene template wasmodified with the HEX fluorescent radical. By detecting theamplification of the IC gene (HEX channel), analysis can be made whetherthe DNA to be tested can be normally amplified, so as to exclude causesof PCR detection failure such as missing reagent or specimen, orspecimen containing PCR inhibitor.

2. Composition of Reagent Kit (Table 2)

name components IR detection reagent including the internal referencegene (housekeeping gene different from the NRAS gene to be tested)specific primers, probe and dNTP solution; NRAS mutation including NRASgene mutant type, internal detection reagent control gene specificprimers, probe and dNTP solution Taq DNA polymerase Taq DNA polymeraseNRAS positive quality including internal reference gene, NRAS genecontrol (PC) mutant type and internal control gene fragment

2.1 IR, NM1˜7 Detection Reagent, Taq DNA Polymerase (Table 3):

source of raw end concentration in the name of raw material materialdetection system Taq enzyme buffer Tiangen 1× Magnesium chloride Tiangen3 mM dNTP (containing dATP, Tiangen 400 μM dTTP, dCTP, dGTP) Forwardprimer Shenggong 500 nM Reverse primer Shenggong 500 nM Probe Shenggong300 nM Taq DNA polymerase Tiangen 0.05/μl

2.2 Positive Quality Control PC:

Artificially cloned on the pMD18T plasmid.

2.3 Primer and Probe Sequences (Table 4):

classification name sequence (5′-3′) SEQ ID No: primers IR-FCAGATGTGGATCAGCAAGCA  1 IR-R CATAGTCCGCCTAGAAGCATT  2 IC-FGATCAGCAAGCAGGAGTAT  3 IC-R GGTGTAACGCAACTAAGTC  4 NM1-FGGTGGTGGTTGGAGCAA  5 NM2-F GTGGTGGTTGGAGCAGA  6 NM3-F GTGGTTGGAGCAGGTGA 7 NM123-R TCACCTCTATGGTGGGATCAT  8 NM4-F ATACTGGATACAGCTGGAA  9 NM5-FTACTGGATACAGCTGGACT 10 NM6-F TACTGGATACAGCTGGACG 11 NM7-FTACTGGATACAGCTGGACAT 12 NM4567-R CACAGAGGAAGCCTTCGCCT 13 probes NM123-pbAGCGCACTGACAATCCAGCTAATC 14 (5′-FAM, 3′-BHQ1) NM4567-pbAGAGTACAGTGCCATGAGAGACC 15 (5′-FAM, 3′-BHQ1) IR-pbATGACGAGTCCGGCCCCTCCATC 16 (5′-FAM, 3′-BHQ1) IC-pbTAGTCCGCCTAGAAGCATTTGC 17 (5′-HEX, 3′-BHQ1)

The internal reference gene and internal control gene fragments in NRASpositive quality control (PC) can be obtained from for example the NCBInucleotide database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore). For example,through the accession No. NG_007992.1, we can obtain the amplifiedfragment of internal reference gene (IR):

(SEQ ID No: 18) CAGATGTGGATCAGCAAGCAGGAGTATGACGAGTCCGGCCCCTCCATCGTCCACCGCAAATGCTTCTAGGCGGACTATG

and the amplified fragment of internal control gene (IC)

(SEQ ID No: 19) GATCAGCAAGCAGGAGTATGACGAGTCCGGCCCCTCCATCGTCCACCGCAAATGCTTCTAGGCGGACTATGACTTAGTTGCGTTACACC.

From this database, we can also obtain the amplified fragment of NRAScontaining Codon 12 and 13

(SEQ ID No: 20) GGTGGTGGTTGGAGCA

GTTGGGAAAAGCGCACTGACAATCCAGCTAATCCAGAACCACTTTGTAGATGAATATGATCCCACCATAGAGGTGA

Condon 12 and 13 are shown in boxes.

From this database, we can also obtain the amplified fragment of NRAScontaining Codon 61:

(SEQ ID No: 21) ATACTGGATACAGCTGGA

GAAGAGTACAGTGCCATGAGAGACCAATAC ATGAGGACAGGCGAAGGCTTCCTCTGTG

Condon 61 is shown in box.

3. Embodiments

3.1 Specificity and Sensitivity:

We detected 20 ng/μl genome DNA containing wild type NRAS only, and 10ng/μl genome DNA containing 10, 5, 1, 0.5% NRAS mutation respectively(mutation percentage=mutant type/wild type×100%). The experiment resultis presented in FIG. 1-7.

3.2 Comparison of Methods (the Kit of the Present Invention and theSequencing Method):

TABLE 5 The kit of the present invention and the test result of Sangersequencing method with four-fold table method Sanger sequencing methodpositive negative (mutant type) (wild type) kit of the present positive3 1 invention (mutant type) negative 0 196 (wild type)

It includes 100 cases each for lung cancer and colorectal cancer

The four-fold table method is a means to analyze the Receiver OperatingCharacteristic (ROC) which is familiar to the technical person in thisart.

If the Sanger sequencing method is taken as the “gold standard” fortesting gene mutation, then it can be obtained by calculation from Table5 that: the clinical sensitivity of NRAS kit=3/(3+0)=100%, its clinicalspecificity=196/(1+196)=99.5%, and overallconsistency=(3+196)/(3+196+1+0)=99.5%. This shows that the kit of thepresent invention has very high clinical sensitivity, clinicalspecificity and overall consistency.

In addition, it can be seen from the data of the four-fold table that,all specimens shown positive with Sanger sequencing method are positivewhen detected with quantitative PCR (QPCR), but specimens detected aspositive with QPCR can be detected as negative with the Sangersequencing method, indicating that the QPCR kit of the present inventionhas a higher sensitivity than that of the Sanger sequencing method.

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The invention claimed is:
 1. A kit for detecting NRAS gene mutation,comprising: (1) internal reference detection reagent, which includes theinternal reference gene specific primers, internal reference genespecific probes and a first dNTP solution, in which the said internalreference gene specific primers are SEQ ID No: 1 and SEQ ID No: 2, andthe said internal reference gene specific probe is SEQ ID No: 16; (2)NRAS mutation detection reagent, which includes the NRAS gene mutanttype specific primers, NRAS gene mutant type specific probes, internalcontrol gene specific primers, internal control gene specific probes anda second dNTP solution, in which said NRAS gene mutant type is NM1, i.e.NRAS gene Codon 12 34G>A; the NRAS gene mutant type specific primers areSEQ ID No: 5 and SEQ ID No: 8; the NRAS gene mutant type specific probeis SEQ ID No: 14; the internal control gene specific primers are SEQ IDNo: 3 and SEQ ID No: 4; the said internal control gene specific probe isSEQ ID No: 17; (3) Taq DNA polymerase; and (4) NRAS positive qualitycontrol, which includes the internal reference gene, NRAS gene mutanttype and internal control gene fragments, in which the sequence ofinternal reference gene sequence is SEQ ID No: 18; the sequence ofinternal control gene fragment sequence is SEQ ID No: 19; wherein theinternal reference specific probe and the internal control gene specificprobe are each connected with the FAM radical, and the 3′ end connectedwith the BHQ1 radical.
 2. The kit according to claim 1, in which the endconcentration of the first and second dNTP solutions are each 400 μM.